Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
By: Talbot Mundy
4.08
Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback
An expedition in 1920s India searches for a lost tribe, a holy Lama, and a piece of jade that posse…
Want to Read $ 0.99"We are free -- to become agents of whatever power we wish."-Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
"The secret of the charm of the lotus is that none can say wherin its beauty lies; for some say this, and some say that, but all agree that it is beautiful. And so indeed it is with woman."-Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
"I heard, when I was in Delhi, that the men of the West are studying the construction of the atom, and have guessed at the force imprisoned in it. Wait until they have learned how to explode the atom, and then see what they will do to one another."-Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
"Marmaduke's theory was that, as he couldn't understand Christianity, it was safe to premise that people whose religion was a mixture of degraded Buddhism and devilworship couldn't understand it either. So he founded a Buddhist mission, to teach 'em their own religion."-Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
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1. The Ebb-Tide: A Trio and Quartette
By: Robert Louis Stevenson , Lloyd Osbourne
3.43
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
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2. The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4)
By: John Buchan
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
After the war and newly knighted, Richard Hannay is living peacefully in the Cotswolds with his wif… read more
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"We are all, even the best of us, egoists and self-deceivers, and without a little comfortable make-believe to clothe us we should freeze in the outer winds."-John Buchan, The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4)
"It was pretty clear that he was mad, for madness means just this dislocation of the modes of thought which mortals have agreed upon as necessary to keep the world together."-John Buchan, The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4)
"I loathed having to screw myself up to emergencies late in the day. Such things should take place in the early morning. It was like going over the top in France; I didn’t mind it so much when it happ…"-John Buchan, The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4)
3. The Marching Season (Michael Osbourne, #2)
By: Daniel Silva
3.89
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
When the Good Friday peace accords are shattered by three savage acts of terrorism, Northern Irelan… read more
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4. The Secret Chord
By: Geraldine Brooks
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Peeling away the myth to bring the Old Testament's King David to life in Second Iron Age Israel, Br… read more
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7. The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
By: Gabriel García Márquez , Randolph Hogan
3.63
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
This is Marquez's account of a real-life event. In 1955, eight crew members of the destroyer Caldas… read more
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8. Le Grand Meaulnes
By: Alain-Fournier , None
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
In a small village in the Sologne, Fifteen-year-old Francois Seurel narrates the story of his relat… read more
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9. The Painted Veil
By: W. Somerset Maugham
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Format: 336 pages,
Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veilis the story of the beautiful, but love-… read more
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10. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
By: David Grann
3.96
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the… read more
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11. The Rembrandt Affair (Gabriel Allon, #10)
By: Daniel Silva
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Format: 420 pages, Hardcover
Two families, one terrible secret, and a painting to die for ... Determined to sever his ties with… read more
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12. Delta Connection
By: Hammond Innes
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Format: None pages, Paperback
The first killing occurs in Constantza, the Romanian seaport on the Black Sea, but the next death h… read more
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13. Moscow Rules (Gabriel Allon, #8)
By: Daniel Silva
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Format: None pages,
Now the death of a journalist leads Allon to Russia, where he finds that, in terms of spycraft, eve… read more
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14. The Yellow God: An Idol of Africa
By: H. Rider Haggard
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If Haggard-one of the greatest adventure writers of all time-is remembered now, it is for his novel… read more
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15. Terror in the Town
By: Edward Ronns , Edward S. Aarons
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A devil killer terrorized the New England fishing town, and the manhunt was on! But the strangler a… read more
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16. The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
By: John Buchan
3.60
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Adventurer Richard Hannay, just returned from South Africa, is thoroughly bored with London life—un… read more
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"By God!' he whispered, drawing his breath in sharply, 'it is all pure Rider Haggard and Conan Doyle."-John Buchan, The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
"If you’re going to be killed you invent some kind of flag and country to fight for, and if you survive you get to love the thing"-John Buchan, The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
"I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place."-John Buchan, The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
"All this was very loose guessing, and I don't pretend it was ingenious or scientific. I wasn't any kind of Sherlock Holmes. But I have always fancied I had a kind of instinct about questions like thi…"-John Buchan, The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
17. The World's Desire
By: Lin Carter , H. Rider Haggard , Andrew Lang , Vincent Di Fate
4.35
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The World's Desire, coauthored with Andrew Lang, is the continuing story of Odyseus, who returns to… read more
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18. Mr. Standfast
By: John Buchan
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
In this nail-biting adventure story, Hannay must outwit a foe far more intelligent than himself; mu… read more
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"You find hate more among journalists and politicians at home than among fighting men."-John Buchan, Mr. Standfast
"He had just the same narrow head, and stubborn mouth, and honest, quick-tempered eyes. It is the type that makes dashing regimental officers, and earns V.C.’s, and gets done in wholesale. I was never…"-John Buchan, Mr. Standfast
"A man’s courage is like a horse that refuses a fence; you have got to take him by the head and cram him at it again. If you don’t, he will funk worse next time. I hadn’t enough courage to be able to …"-John Buchan, Mr. Standfast
"What’s dooty, if you won’t carry it to the other side of Hell? What’s the use of yapping about your country if you’re going to keep something back when she calls for it? What’s the good of meaning to…"-John Buchan, Mr. Standfast
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4.46
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
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"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)
20. The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
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One of Japan's greatest classic murder mysteries, introducing their best loved detective, translate… read more
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"What was Kenzo's reaction to all this criticism? His approach was to stay completely silent. He made no move whatsoever to respond to any of it. And, of course, water eventually wins over fire. One b…"-Seishi Yokomizo, The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
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Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
A fiendish classic murder mystery, from one of Japan’s greatest crime writers. In 1940s Japan, t… read more
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"Detective you have to arrest her. You have to arrest her and put her to death. Not just the regular death penalty - that's not good enough for her. I want her to hang by her heels, rip her to shreds,…"-Seishi Yokomizo, The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)
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The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine/sleuth from Jacqueline Winspear, creato… read more
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"Give me strong young womenfolk with sharp elbows, Charlotte, my dear, and they will make a good account of themselves in this world."-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady
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"They didn’t need proof. All a woman had to be was alive. Just being a woman was, in the church’s eyes, evil."-Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)
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"Murder cases are like cancer cells. Once they get their hooks into you, the pain and misery just keep on spreading. Whether the killer gets caught or the investigation is brought to a successful conc…"-Keigo Higashino, A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga, #3)
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26. The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3)
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"The only person who had not touched the pickles was me! I never did like pickles..."-Seishi Yokomizo, The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3)
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31. Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
By: Talbot Mundy
4.08
Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback
An expedition in 1920s India searches for a lost tribe, a holy Lama, and a piece of jade that posse… read more
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- fantasy
"We are free -- to become agents of whatever power we wish."-Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
"The secret of the charm of the lotus is that none can say wherin its beauty lies; for some say this, and some say that, but all agree that it is beautiful. And so indeed it is with woman."-Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
"I heard, when I was in Delhi, that the men of the West are studying the construction of the atom, and have guessed at the force imprisoned in it. Wait until they have learned how to explode the atom,…"-Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
"Marmaduke's theory was that, as he couldn't understand Christianity, it was safe to premise that people whose religion was a mixture of degraded Buddhism and devilworship couldn't understand it eithe…"-Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
